I personally observed comrade Radek's vacillations from defending the far left to defending Russian liquidators; I have always fought and will continue to fight politically against all defenders of liquidationism, but precisely for this reason I must rise up against the abominable methods of the so-called Polish Vorstand in the Radek "case." 577

What is the fundamental peculiarity of the "well-known" (bekannt) pamphlet by Martov, which Rosa Luxemburg so conveniently recalled? 578

It consists in the following: the leader of the liquidators, Martov, after in January 1910 the condemnation of liquidationism was solemnly and unanimously adopted by all Social Democrats of Russia and peace in the party was proclaimed on the basis of this condemnation, 579 — a year later, when the liquidators had destroyed the Central Committee of the party and split from it, issued a pamphlet with accusations against his opponents of 1001 dishonourable and criminal misdeeds. The Poles then called this pamphlet a "Stinkbombe"*, and even (sogar, a nicht selbst) Kautsky called it "abscheulich"**.

The so-called Polish Vorstand headed by Rosa Luxemburg has now done literally the same thing.

It was none other than members of this very Vorstand who in 1909 and 1910 personally recommended comrade Radek to me as a collaborator of our party's Central Organ and personally acquainted me with him, giving the highest testimonials, at the international congress in Copenhagen.

But then, in 1911, comrade Radek takes a political stand against this Vorstand, supporting the Warsaw committee of the party, a whole series of party members and its 2 most prominent leaders (Malevsky and Ganetsky), who exposed this Vorstand's disorganizing actions. Comrade Radek helps establish the truth, namely, that the Polish Parteivorstand is a Vorstand without a party. In Warsaw, the capital of Poland, this Vorstand represents no longer the Warsaw committee, but its own fictitious clique. German comrades will learn the details of all this soon enough. Members of the Russian Social Democratic party know that there is already an entire literature on this, and Rosa Luxemburg vainly attempts to hush it up (totzuschweigen) before the International!

And so, after Radek took a political stand against the so-called Parteivorstand (without a party), this "Partei"vorstand concocts a "trial" against Radek in the "case" — listen! — of 1 9 0 6!

There lies the crux of the entire matter, that is what our illustre* Rosa is trying to blab away (wegzuschwatzen)***!

Rosa Luxemburg and her "Partei"vorstand are now waging an unprecedented savage war against the best workers of their own party, descending to such baseness as suspecting them of connections with the secret police. Rosa Luxemburg

* — a stink bomb. Ed.

** — abominable, vile. Ed.

*** — to blab out, to blurt out. Ed.

**** — illustrious. Ed.